India And England Triumph In T20 World Cup Matches On June 20
Two Super Eight matches took place on June 20, 2024, in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. India secured a significant victory over Afghanistan in Group 1, while England triumphed over West Indies in Group 2.
Match Details:

- Match: ENG vs WI, 42nd Match, Super 8 Group 2
- Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024
- Toss: England won the toss and opted to bowl
- Time: 6:00 AM
- Venue: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
- Umpires: Ahsan Raza, Nitin Menon
- Third Umpire: Sharfuddoula
- Match Referee: Jeff Crowe
- Total: 180/4 (20 overs)
- Top Scorer: Rovman Powell - 46 runs off 24 balls
- Best Bowler for England: Adil Rashid - 2 wickets for 26 runs
England Innings:
- Total: 181/2 (17.3 overs)
- Top Scorer: Philip Salt - 87 runs off 47 balls
- Best Bowler for West Indies: Akeal Hosein - 1 wicket for 35 runs
Result: England won by 8 wickets
Player of the Match: Philip Salt
Summary:
England's chase was anchored by Philip Salt, who played a match-winning knock of 87 runs off just 47 balls. This led his team to a comfortable victory over the West Indies. Adil Rashid's economical bowling earlier restricted West Indies to a total of 180/4 in their allotted overs.
Scorecard Summary:
- West Indies:
- Total: 180/4 (20 overs)
- Rovman Powell: 46 (24)
- Johnson Charles: 38 (34)
- Adil Rashid: 2/26
- England:
- Total: 181/2 (17.3 overs)
- Philip Salt: 87 (47)
- Jonny Bairstow: 48 (26)
- Jos Buttler: 25 (22)
- Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024
- Toss: India won the toss and opted to bat
- Time: 8:00 PM
- Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
- Ahsan Raza and Nitin Menon were the umpires
- The third umpire was Sharfuddoula
- The match referee was Jeff Crowe
India Innings:
- Total: India scored a total of 181/8 in their allotted overs.
- Suryakumar Yadav was the top scorer with an impressive knock of 53 runs off just 28 balls.
- The best bowler for Afghanistan was Fazalhaq Farooqi who took four wickets for just twenty-five runs.
Afghanistan Innings:
- Total: Afghanistan managed to score only one hundred thirty-four runs before being bowled out.
- The top scorer for Afghanistan was Azmatullah Omarzai with twenty-six runs off twenty balls.
- The best bowler for India was Ravindra Jadeja who took three wickets for twenty runs.
Result: India won by forty-seven runs.
Player of the Match: Suryakumar Yadav.
Summary:
India posted a competitive total of one hundred eighty-one runs thanks to Suryakumar Yadav's explosive innings. In reply Afghanistan struggled against India's bowling attack with Ravindra Jadeja picking up three key wickets leading India to a comfortable victory.
Scorecard Summary:
- Total Score:
- Suryakumar Yadav scored fifty-three runs off twenty-eight balls.
- The best bowler for Afghanistan was Fazalhaq Farooqi who took four wickets for twenty-five runs.
- Total Score:
- The top scorer for Afghanistan was Azmatullah Omarzai with twenty-six runs off twenty balls.
- The best bowler for India was Ravindra Jadeja who took three wickets for twenty runs.
Playing XI:
India XI :
- Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav Shivam Dube Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Axar Patel Kuldeep Yadav Arshdeep Singh Jasprit Bumrah
Afghanistan XI :
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran Hazratullah Zazai Gulbadin Naib Najibullah Zadran Azmatullah Omarzai Mohammad Nabi Rashid Khan (c) Noor Ahmad Naveen-ul-Haq Fazalhaq Farooqi
Story first published: Friday, June 21, 2024, 0:33 [GST]
- Total Score:
Playing XI:
England:
- Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley
West Indies:
- Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell (c), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie
India vs Afghanistan: Match 43
Match Details:
- AFG vs IND, 43rd Match, Super 8 Group 1